diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 986c387001..8e30d9c7a1 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
-  "bootstrap-sha": "4dac3bad74d8f08b6d5e2cf1caea4648e3a352cd",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",